Hearst, Ont. distillery operators are cleared to do business in Thunder Bay (4 Photos)
They still don't have a name, though, and are open to suggestions. After about 10 years operating the Rheault Distillery in the town of Hearst, they've decided to expand southwest to Thunder Bay because the market size and location offers more potential. They hope to be in operation in a former auto body shop on South Court Street before the end of the year. "It's a nice place to establish ourselves. It's a town that we just love. The population of the Thunder Bay area stands above 120,000, and you need about 100,000 people to be able to sustain a distillery financially," Morin told TBNewsw...